Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – Western Australian Pilbara Fish Trawl Managed Fishery, August 2018 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens – WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PILBARA FISH TRAWL MANAGED FISHERY, AUGUST 2018

I, MELISSA PRICE, Minister for the Environment, pursuant to subsection 303DC(1)(a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), hereby amend the list of exempt native specimens established under section 303DB of the EPBC Act by deleting from the list specimens and any associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 1, and by including in the list specimens and associated restrictions or conditions as set out in Schedule 2.

This instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2003.

The instrument commences the day after it is registered.

All state and territory legislation referred to in Schedule 2 to the instrument is incorporated as in force at the time this instrument commences.

Dated this 12 th day of November 2018

………………Melissa Price………………

Minister for the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

Under the heading Freshwater and Marine Animals delete from the list the following items and any associated notations:

Taxon/Item Common Name Notation Specimens that are or are derived from fish or invertebrates taken in the Western Australian Pilbara Fish Trawl Interim Managed Fishery as defined in the management regime in force under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (WA) and Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995 (WA), but not including: Western Australian Pilbara Fish Trawl Managed Fishery • the specimen, or the fish or invertebrate from which it is derived, was taken lawfully;